Text Box: For more information: www.kingofburlingame.com Check out the KoB BLOG! kingofburlingame@cox.net Jim Grimley (401) 732-6390 Lennon Schroeder (401) 212-6694 Shop Flyer Text Box: Be the KING of BURLINGAME!! On a mountain bike, at least… Race course for all categories: One 7 mile loop on rolling single track. Yellow Dot / Vin Gormley Trail circles Watchaug Pond, in Burlingame Park, Charlestown, RI. 100 rider limit, total. Text Box: Special thanks to the following bike shops for supporting the bike culture in Rhode Island: Brumble Bikes, Caster’s Bicycles & Fitness, Mystic Cycle Center, Providence Bicycle, Ski Market, W.E. Stedman Co., Victory Cycles

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Text Box: King Of Burlingame Mountain bike Time Trial

All proceeds benefit:

The Cycle for Life Foundation

—————— Sunday, April 1st 2007 ——————

All competitors must have a valid EFTA racing license. 

One day licenses may be purchased at the time of registration for $4.00

 

Race Entry Fee: $15.00
Text Box: EFTA Race

REGISTRATION OPENS

MONDAY, MARCH 12th,

at 8:00 pm

AND CLOSES

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28th,

at 8:00 pm

REGISTRATION IS ONLY BY BIKEREG.COM

Directions:

 

From the north on Rt. 1, Charlestown, RI: Take Prosser Trail exit off  Route 1 South.  Continue north on Prosser Trail for about a mile to the Burlingame Park, Watchaug Pond Parking Lot on left.

 

From the south on Rt. 1, Charlestown, RI: Take the Prosser Trail turnaround on the left, directly after Ninigret exit, then take Prosser Trail exit off  Route 1 South.  Continue north on Prosser Trail for about a mile to the Burlingame Park, Watchaug Pond Parking Lot on the left.

For a GPS map of the loop and just plain cool site visit:

QUESTION (from EFTA Forums): Do you have an estimate on how many vertical feet of climbing there is? What is the technical level of the course, novice, sport or expert?

 

ANSWER: There is not much climbing and it is not too technical, overall.
Since it is a time trial, the technical level might be almost Sport, given the intensity of the event and the conditions.
The main yellow dot trail is mostly rolling single track with some switchback sections and a few short rock fields. There are maybe five or six climbs at most, none of which are more than probably 50 or 75 feet of rise. A couple last for a quarter mile at most. A couple are only 100 linear feet or less, but more steep.
There is a 1.5 mile section, about 1.2 miles in, that bucks off to the left and goes down to the pond. The return is a soft doubletrack climb back to the main trail and will grind racers down some.
The main trail is pretty rooty and the recent rains/snow have not helped the trail in that respect. There are a couple of stream crossings, too.
The trail will come out onto paved roads twice for about a quarter mile each time.
The final section is a mudbog grind that starts out flat and gradually rises for about a half mile.
Overall the trail is a blast!

Conditions are drying out nicely (as of 3-25), but it looks like maybe some rain the week and/or even day before the race.

UPDATE:

*****RACE DIRECTIONS*****

*ALL RACERS PLEASE READ*

RESULTS ARE UP ON BIKEREG.COM

CLICK HERE: 1 2 3 4

FOR PICTURES

FROM THE EVENT!!!

Category

Start time

Check-in

Sport

9:00 a.m.

8:00 a.m.-8:30 a.m.

Expert

10:30 a.m.

8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.

Beginner

11:30 a.m.

8:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.

QUESTION (from MTBR Forums): “…so from the parking lot, which way is the right way?”

 

ANSWER: Course goes counterclockwise, left out of the beach parking lot.
Follow Prosser Trail (a road), merge with King's Factory road and cut into the yellow dot rail at the top of the hill, on the left. About 1.25 miles in, it heads down to the pond and back up to the yellow dot on a dirt road (you will see a big wire down on it).
You hit the road twice and ride it both times (2nd time you can go back onto covered bridge/yellow dot trail, but the race course goes up the road). The 2nd time goes up the hill for .3 miles and cuts back in on the left across from the beige mailbox.
Race ends at the end of the long muddy grind where there is a wooden kiosk and you hit the paved campground roads.
To get back to the Beach Parking Lot, go straight up the road through two rotaries and through the playground, then follow the dirt road along the pond.
Seeyas Sunday!